We picked up where we had left off in yesterday's lesson after having discussed that tariffs were levied, in the late eighteenth century, to generate revenue to help the US pay off its huge war debt. This was proposed by Alexander Hamilton in his role as the first secretary of the treasury. We also discussed that Hamilton also encouraged Congress to pass a tax on whiskey, which resulted in a rebellion by farmers who saw the tax as an attack because it cut into the profits they lived off. President Washington led an army to stop the rebellion which proved that the government was powerful and would use force if people did not follow the law. We found it interesting to learn that the Whiskey Rebellion, as it came to be known, was the only time in U.S.history that a sitting president has personally commanded an army.